Bret Easton Ellis, the author of American Psycho (1991) and (Imperial Bedrooms, 2010, etc.) will not endear himself to those who are politically left-leaning with his latest effort, "White".

Repeatedly, he assails liberals for failing to accept the election of Donald Trump -- and for helping to make everyone hysterical about having to see, read, and think about things we don't agree with. The left, he writes near the end, has become "a rage machine" and "spoiled children." Ultimately, his principal interest is in the fractured American culture, political and otherwise.

He rails against college students who demand "trigger warnings"; blasts the traditional media; tells stories about the excessive reactions to his tweets; and celebrates some current cultural outcasts, including Charlie Sheen, Roseanne Barr, and Kanye West. Well-written pieces bubbling with attitude and self-confidence but, at times, as judgmental as those Ellis condemns.